DME..
Re Sarahs "Just spoken to them in the London head office and apparently flights switch to A350 on 1st Feb 2016"
I think whats happened here is that the naughty chap who gave all the duff info about Hainan has now moved to answering the phones at Cathay HQ
Cathay are doing great at MAN so not sure why they would downgrade size wise to an A350 therefore ?
Nigel